Rail Routes and Rates Bill Aims for Northeast Reform
The House will consider a 6.4 billion measure to fund a major reorganization of seven bankrupt railroads including Penn Central. It would deregulate rates under ICC oversight, authorize 2.1 billion for ConRail track and equipment, and 1.6 billion for other railroads upgrades. The plan seeks improved competition with trucking and water transportation while preserving a balance with other transit forms.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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ConRail
Penn Central
Mississippi River
Hospital volunteers start family coffee service
A new hostess program at Audrain Medical Center provides free coffee juice and cookies to families of surgical patients. The volunteers operate in the waiting room near the surgical suite and offer cart visits on the third floor to comfort relatives during recovery.
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Audrain Medical Center
AMC
Mary Belle Smiley
Unemployment Up In State Figure
Missouri unemployment rose to 145,500 in December from 140,900 in November as the state Division of Employment Security reported. The December workforce was 2.06 million, down 12,200 from November. Unemployment for December was 29,000 higher than a year earlier, though four months of 1975 added 40,000 jobs overall.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
State Division of Employment Security
Envoy Testifies on Saigon Aid Decision Pressure
Former U.S. ambassador Graham Martin tells a House panel that congressional antiwar sentiment and organized campaigns shaped the vote to block further Vietnam aid. He cites the Indochina Resource Center and says evacuation credit should go to the U.S. effort, while acknowledging critics. Also noted: a Newborn in Middletown, son born at Audrain Medical Center weighing seven pounds nine ounces.
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Indochina Resource Center
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Vietnam
Henry Kissinger
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Tee Hamilton
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Ford
Kissinger
David W. James
Middletown
Audrain Medical Center
James
Vandalia Special Road District
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